2. “In Search of the Middle East” The Shattered Belt Arabs are fundamentally redefining their region in ways not seen in close to a thousand years. Globalization is allowing this shattered belt to recover its wholeness Few Arab states command national loyalty, their people are more residents rather than citizens. (172)
3. The Maghreb Tangier Native states “call us North African” …” We are not like those Arabs to the east” Never in history has the Maghreb been so deeply integrated in the “Euroshpere” For Maghrebis, Europe is the land of opportunity. The European neighborhood policy has to create a new system of incentives and rewards linking energy, trade, development, migration and political reform.
4. Egypt Between the bureaucrats and the theocrats Egyptian King Ptolemy II presided over the Great Library of Alexandria, the largest in the world. Over 7,000 scrolls Napolean invaded Egypt in 1798 marking the beginning of the modern subjugation of the Arab world.
5. The Mashreq Road Maps Mashreq region is called the Middle East or Mesopotamia The British hoped to inspire an Arab-wide, anti-ottoman revolt during World War I. The Meshreq countries are being woven into a single carpet. Israel and Palestine torn together
6. Sources The Second World Book- ParagKhanna Pages 172 Paragraph 2 and 3 176 Paragraph 1 and 3 Authors blog http://www.paragkhanna.com/
